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C. A. DODGE.

` CLOTHES WASHER.

No. 280,915. Patented July l0, 1883.

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OYRUS A. DODGE, OF SYRAOUSE, NEW YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,915, dated July 10, 1883.

Application filed February 26, 1883. [No modell Q To all ywhom t may concern.: Be it known that I, C. A. DODGE, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented certain new and use- 5 ful improvements in Clothes-hVashers; and l do hereby declare the' following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in laundry appliances, and more particularly to clothes-washers,'the object being `to provide a machine of the character indicated `which will combine simplicity and cheapness of construc- 15 tion with durability and eiiiciency in use.

W'ith these objects in View, my invention consists in the combination, with a frame 4 adapted to be attached to the edge of a tub at three or more points located in practically the co same horizontal plane, of a sliding bearing mounted in said frame', a staii having a pounder attached to its lower end, and levers connecting the said sliding bearing and staff.

My invention urther consists in the com- 2 5 bination, with a frame provided with two lat'` erally extending and with two depending arms, the latter being` located between the former, of clamps secured to and adapted to be longitudinally adjusted on the said lateral 3c arms, and a thumb-screw mounted in the outer f longitudinally adjustable on the arms B is to of the depending arms.y

VMy invention further consists in the combi-` nation, with a frame and means forsecuring it to a tub, said frame being provided with par- 35 allel sleeve-bearings, of a slide consisting of' two pairs of parallel rods mounted in suitable plates, the outer rods having bearing in the sleeve-bearings, anda sli ding fulcrum mounted on the inner rods of the slide.

nation, with a frame and means for securing it to a tub, of a reciprocating slide mounted in said frame, a sliding fulcrum mounted on the slide and arranged to be reciprocated in- 45 dependent-ly of or with it, and a latch secured to' the fulcrum and adapted to lock it to the slide.

My invention further consists in the combination, with a frame and means for securing 5o it to a tub, of a reciprocating slide mounted in said frame, a'sliding fulcrum mounted on the slide, a standard pivoted to the fulcrum,

My invention further consists in the combi-y a skeleton lever pivoted to the standard, and

a handle secured to and offsetting from the Aouter end of the skeleton lever.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view in perspective of a washing-machine 7o constructed in accordance with my invention, said machine being shown as attached to a tub; and Fig. 2 is a view of the machine in side elevation.

The 'machine is secured to thc t-ub by means 75 of clamps A, longitudinally adjustable on the laterally-extending arms B of the frame C, and by a thumb-screw, D, mounted in the dcpending arm E .of the said frame, and adapted to clamp the staves of the tub between its disk 8o F and the depending arm G.

The object in adapting the clamps A to be adapt the machine to be conformed tov tubs of diiierent sizes. It will be observed that as the staves of the tubs are engaged at three different and somewhat widely separated points, the

strainis cqualized and distributed, and no injury results to the tub. Again, in virtue of clamping the machine to the tub at three points, near the upper edge thereof, the device is caused to automatically adjust itself to maintain the pounder in horizontal planes parallel with planes passing through the top and bottom ofthe tub, and therefore when the pounder is depressed and brought in conjunction with the bottom of the tub, it always strikes it squarely, thus avoiding that wrenching which would result if the pounder struck the bottom ofthe tub at an angle.

The frame C is provided. with sleeve-bearings H, Vparallel with each other, but forming right angles with the arms B. Parallel rods I, the outer ends of which are united by the IOO fro

, and described.

plates J, are journaled in said bearings, in which they havereciprocating movement. Two sleeves, K, rigidly unitedby a bearing, L, constitute a sliding fulcrum, which is A latch, N, pivotally secured to one of thev sleeves K is designed to engage with the inner of the plates J, and move the slide outwardly beyond the range of the path taken by the pounder in its upward stroke.

N is a standard mounted in the bearing L,

and adapted to be rotated on a vertical axis therein. rIhe skeleton lever O is pivotally secured to the lower end of the 'said standard, while the equalizing-lever P is attached to the upper end thereof, the outer ends of the said levers being united by the hollow staff-clamp Q, which is provided -with a thumb-screw, R, the same terminating in a concaved plate, S, located within the clamp and adapted to impinge on the staff, to the lower end of which the pounder U is secured. The extreme outer end of the skeleton lever is provided with a concaved face, V, to which the handle W is secured, thus offsetting it from the said lever, the object being to prevent the end of the handle from engaging with the staff.

It is apparent that my invention is not conlined to the exact constructionv herein shown The frame, for instance, may be indefinitely modified without departing fromthe spirit of my invention, so long as itY retains its adaptation to be secured to the edge of the tub at three or more points located in -practically the same horizontal plane,- and to support the bearings forthe rods I, which may be substituted by flat bars of cast or wrought iron, if desired.

Instead of adapting the device to be attached to tubs of different sizes by adjusting the outer clamp longitudinally on the frame,v the central clamp may be adapted to be adjusted laterally and effect the same result. Again, the depending arms hereinshown may be dis- -pensed with and their place supplied by a y said lateral arms, substantially as described,

` upon the inner rods, and a leverl pivoted to suitable clamp', and, if desired, one `instead of two pairs of rods may be employed in the con- 5 5' struction of the sliding bearing. I would therefore have it understood that I do not limit myself to the exact construction shown and described, but hold myself at liberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairlyfall within the spirit and @scope of my invention.

f Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-A l l l. In' a clothes-washer, the combination, with a frame provided with laterally-extend ing and depending arms, of a clamp secured to the depending arm, and clamps secured to 7o so as to slide thereon for adjustment, substantially as set forth. V

2. In a clothes washer, the combination, With a frame and devices for securing it to a tub, said frame `being provided With parallel sleeve-bearings, of a slide consisting of two pairs of parallel rods mounted in end plates,

.the outer rods having bearing in the sleevebearings,and a fulcrum block.iitted to slide said fulcrum-block, substantially as set forth. 1 3. In a clothes .washer, the combination, with a frame and devices for securing it to a tub, of a reciprocating slide mounted in said frame, a sliding fulcrum-block mounted in the slide, a latch secured tothe fulcrumblock toy lock it to the slide, alever pivoted to'said .fulcrum-block, and the pounder-staff, substantially as set forth. Y t

4. In a clothes-washer, the combination, with the pounder, of a frame and means for securing it to a tub, a reciprocating slide mounted in said frame, a sliding fulcrum-block mounted on the slide, a standard pivoted to. the fulcrum-block, a skeleton operatinglever 95 and an equaliZing-leverpivoted to the said standard, and a pounder and staff, substantially as set forth. f

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of'two subscribico ing witnesses'.l

' CYRUS A. DODGE.

Witnesses:

OHARLEs- D. HOWARD, R. A. SMITH. 

